The 3-phase meter was duly installed on 25 November as promised. Digging the trenches and installing the heat pump itself was due to take place this week and next. On Friday morning last week I was joking with our energy advisor that I needed to be careful that we didn't run of oil and that I would need to check the level over the weekend. All of four hours later we ran out of oil. More or less at the same time as it started snowing.
Since then we've been without oil and heating the house exclusively on the two wood burners which means that some parts of the house are reasonably warm while other parts have been (at times, literally) freezing. We can heat hot water electrically so at least we haven't been without that.
So this week has been preoccupied by trying to get the heat pump installed despite the weather. This hasn't been easy because our driveway has been impassable so even arranging for the heat pump to be delivered has so far been impossible. The plan at the moment is that everyone (including the heat pump itself) is going to be turning up on Monday morning and doing the installation early next week.
The other question of course, was whether it was worth getting any more oil. At first we thought we would just sit it out but then realised that actually we didn't have much choice given that the blocked drive meant that the oil lorry wouldn't be able to get up to the house anyway.
Seems to be snowing again at the moment. Ho hum. Chilly.
No comments:
Post a Comment